Attachment for adjusting the fenders of lister cultivators



Feb. 23 1926. 1,574,732

J. HEMJE ATTACHMENT FOR ADJUSTING THE FENDERS 0F LISTER CULTIVATORS Filed April 30 1925 INVENTOI'? J0)??? flemje 'ir J tached to it,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HEMJ'E, O15 HILDRETH, NEBRASKA.

ATTACHMENT FOR ADJUSTING THE FENDERS OF LISTER CULTIVATORS.

application filed April 30, 1925. Serial No. 28,940.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HnMJn,

zen ot the United States, residi dreth, oi Nebraska,

a citing at Hilin the county of Franklin and State have invented a new and usetul Attachment for Adjusting the Fenders oi': Lister Cultivators, of which th is a specification.

The object of my invention is e following to provide a novel and conveniently operated device for raising and lowering the fender of a lister cultivator and'to provide the novel combination and arrangement of parts disclosed in the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 1s a side in whichelevation of a portion of a lister cultivator showing my device at- Fig. 2 is a top Fig. 3 is a detail view of the dr showing the brake.

plan of same; and

um bracket Like numerals indicate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

1 represents the "frame of a lister cultivator,

having the usual cultivator blades 2 and carrying the tender 3 which is attached to beams L, which beams are tulcrumed on the bolts 5 on member 6 of the cultivator frame.

I provide a bracket 7 secured by bolts 8 to member 6, the bolts engaging a 9, as shown in Fig. 1. 1. member 11 L end of bracket 7.

wear plate provide a yoke ttached by bolt 10 to the free A rod 13 is mounted in the upturned ends of yoke member 11, which extends transversely of the frame of the cultivator and at one end terminates in a crank 14, while the other end carries the drum 12 to which is attached the cable 15, -which cable is attached also by eye lo to the tender I provide a stem 18 having an eye memher 17 at its upper end and having lock nuts 20 at its lower end. I provide a spring 19 interposed between the lock nuts 20 and the bight portion of the yoke 11 whereby tension is adjustably exerted on the rod 13 in order 4 to control the speed or retard the unwinding of the drum 12. The operation of the invention will be obvious from the accompanying drawings. The crank 1a is arranged in a position convenient to the driver of the implement, as shown in Fig. 2, who may raise the fender by turning the crank and thus winding the cable 15 on the drum 12.

\Vhat I claim is:

. An attachment for adjusting the tender of a lister cultivator, comprising a rod having a crank provided on one end thereof, a yoke in which said rod is rotatably mounted,

'a drum mounted on the rod, a tender pivot said stem, and a spring interposed between the lock nuts and the bight portion of he yoke on which the rod is mounted, whereby the tension of the drum may be adjusted by adjusting the lock nuts.

I JOHN I-IEMJE. 

